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unnerving
adjective as in appalling
adjective as in disquieting
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adjective as in frightful/frightening
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- alarming
- appalling
- atrocious
- awesome
- awful
- chilling
- daunting
- dire
- direful
- dismaying
- disquieting
- dread
- dreadful
- fearful
- fearsome
- formidable
- ghastly
- grabber
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hairy
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrifying
- inconceivable
- intimidating
- lurid
- macabre
- menacing
- morbid
- ominous
- petrifying
- portentous
- repellent
- spooky
- terrible
- terrifying
- traumatic
- unspeakable
adjective as in nightmarish
adjective as in scary
adjective as in terrible
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adjective as in worrisome
Example Sentences
A retired surgeon has said there was a "toxic and unnerving" environment within the Belfast Health Trust intensified by "secret files" being kept on staff.
The simulation of human handicraft — of stagehands and horn players hiding in the wings — is unnerving.
However, the technocracy movement dates back to the 1930s, when it won thousands of followers and adopted some unnerving authoritarian hallmarks, such as its adherents dressing similarly and greeting each other with a specific salute.
Among the thousands of people who have made Northern Ireland their home who watched violent scenes unfold twice in the last year was Sree Kadalayil, who said it was "unnerving".
A few years ago I came across a profoundly unnerving historical photo: A lineup of terrified, naked Black babies cowered over the title “Alligator Bait.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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